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Mona Pendleton | Sunday, November 15, 2015 @ 10:49 PM | , , , , ,

Hi there! I hope you had a great weekend! Today I have a mixed media style Christmas card to share:
I combined a variety of my favorite products and techniques to create this card. 
The doe was die cut using a Sizzix Tim Holtz die, painted with Distress Paint then dusted with Distress Glitter. The background was created using a piece of water color paper, painted with Gesso, then I applied texture and design using a Heidi Swapp stencil along with texture paste. Once the background was dry, I randomly applied embossing ink followed with embossing powder and heat creating a winter wonderland like background:
I stamped a sentiment from a PTI stamp set using Ranger Adirondack Ink, trimmed to size then inked the edges with Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink:
I'm entering this card in the following challenges: 
for theme inspiration, I joined along with the current Mixed Media Monthly Card challenge where the theme is Family:
for sketch inspiration, I joined along with the current retro sketches sketch challenge:
 and for color inspiration, I joined along with the current color throwdown color challenge:
Thanks so much for stopping by ~ I hope you have enjoyed my card.
Be Sweet ;)
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34 Sweet Comments So Far:

Ros Crawford 1 said...

What a fun and fabulous card!! Love it!

Tracey 2 said...

A beautiful sentiment! Gorgeous card Mona! I love the colours!

Samra 3 said...

Very pretty!

Pamellia 4 said...

Gorgeous Mona! I love your non-traditional colour palette and the sentiment is so lovely! Wonderfully festive card! hugs :)

Marjan 5 said...

So sweet and lovely, your Christmas card in non traditional colours!

maria f. 6 said...

Love this combo of those three challenges. What an amazing background! Thanks for joining us at the MMCC this month.

Cheryl W. 7 said...

Your card is a boatload off gorgeousness, Mona! Love that pink deer. For some reason, I love pink on Christmas cards. I don't often use it myself (go figure!), but I love it when I see it.

Christine L 8 said...

A gorgeous sparkly PINK reindeer..... and a fabulous card Mona!

Big hugs
Christine x

Lisa 9 said...

This is absolutely stunning, Mona!! I love the pretty colors and the gorgeous reindeer!! What a beautiful card this is!! Have a great day :)

Lisa
A Mermaid's Crafts

Petra Swart 10 said...

Your bg looks amazing, Mona!!! I love the colours you have worked with!!!!!! Such a beautiful Christmas card!!! TFS.
Have a great week!!!!

Maria 11 said...

Mona this is wonderful! Love the colors and all the great details! Thanks so much for playing along with MIxed media card challenges!

Julia Aston 12 said...

What a pretty card Mona! So thick with media and bright with sparkle! love the deer and the colors you worked with - thank you for playing along with the Mixed Media Card Challenge this month! Julia xx

Redanne 13 said...

The non traditional colours look wonderful on your card Mona, I love the sparkly doe and the sentiment is one of the loveliest I have seen! Hugs, Anne xx

Stella 14 said...

Oh my I LOVE this. The deer looks fab and I love that background. I am a big fan of christmas cards in non traditional colors. Wow!

Paper Profusion 15 said...

That's a really terrific background Mona! Fantastic card. Nicola x

Anonymous 16 said...

Look at all that glimmer and shine, Beautiful!!

Lori 17 said...

Gorgeous holiday design! Love the little bells looped around the deer's neck. Thanks for joining us at The Color Throwdown!

Vickie Z 18 said...

Love it!! Love all the texture and that fabulous reindeer!! So happy you played at CTD!!M

Greta 19 said...

A masterpiece, Mona! Whoever gets this will have a gift worthy to be framed!

alexandra s.m. 20 said...

Such a beautiful card Mona!
Lovely texture and that gorgeous pink makes me smile ;)

Lisa Elton 21 said...

Absolutely GORGEOUS card Mona!!

Kathy Bradley 22 said...

Beautiful Christmas card - and I love, love the colors!

Val-Belle 23 said...

Ohhhhh this is so pretty and I love these colours for Christmas. The background is so nice. Love it

Deepti 24 said...

Pink deer paired with those gorgeous colors and textures BG looks superb stunning !

Susan Lankford 25 said...

Pretty in pink with lots of interesting detail!

Patty O'Malley 26 said...

What a pretty card, Mona! Love the different colors for a Christmas card. I love that deer die--I use it a lot myself.

Broni 27 said...

A truly gorgeous card, Mona! Thanks so much for playing along with us at the Color Throwdown!! And congrats on being chosen as the Guest Star Stamper!

MackieMade Paper Creations 28 said...

Wow! This is gorgeous! Love that pretty pink deer and the fabulous textured background!

Sherrie K. 29 said...

Oh Mona, this is just gorgeous! The colors are my favorite combination and look at all the texture! LOVE, love this!!! The deer is so elegant looking and I just love the sentiment! Fantastic design my friend!
Sherrie K

Anonymous 30 said...

Ultra Fab Card! LOVE all the sparkly textures :-)

My Paper Epiphany 31 said...

This is sooo magical! I love the snowy effect and colours! Thanks for sharing with us at the Mixed Media Card Challenge!

Mirna 32 said...

I absolutely adore this card, Mona! Some of my favorite colors and I love the detailed background! WOW!

sannalippert 33 said...

gorgeous card, as always, Mona!! really like the color combination on your card too! sooo pretty! thanks for again playing along with us at MMCC :)

MakaArt 34 said...

Wonderful work!!


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